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Elías Arriaza

Partner · Consortium Legal

GuatemalaLitigation, ArbitrationSpanish, English

About

Partner in the Dispute Resolution department at Consortium Legal (Guatemala) with 14 years’ experience handling civil, commercial, arbitration, administrative, tax and intellectual property litigation. He has led complex institutional and ad hoc arbitrations and strategic civil and commercial cases, and is a law professor active in procedural law and a founding member and former president (2017–2018) of the Guatemalan Institute of Procedural Law.

Practice areas

LitigationArbitrationAdministrative LawTaxIntellectual PropertyCorporate / M&AEnergy & Natural ResourcesReal Estate

Office

Expertise

Civil and commercial litigationInstitutional and ad hoc arbitrationAdministrative contracts and state-related disputesTechnology and engineering contract disputesShareholder and corporate exclusion disputesProperty disputes involving hydroelectric projectsTax litigationIntellectual property litigationProcedural law (academic teaching)

Education

  • Master’s Degree in Finance, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala (2010)
  • Degree in Legal and Social Sciences (cum laude), Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala (2006)

Admissions

  • Member of the College of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala
  • Founding member, Guatemalan Institute of Procedural Law (President of the Board of Directors, 2017–2018)

Languages

SpanishEnglish